Electrical machine
Date
1808
Creator
Christoffer Suhr (1771 - 1842, German) , Artist
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 200mm
width (page): 125mm
height (print): 170mm
width (print): 100mm
width (page): 125mm
height (print): 170mm
width (print): 100mm
Content object
Description
Depiction of a young street entertainer, motioning towards an early electrical machine or electrostatic generator, composed of a glass globe, suspended on a rubber pad, a conducting rod and a handle for manual rotation.
Captioned: ‘Elecktrisiren fur 1 schilling’ [‘Electricity for 1 shilling’].
Plate 13 from Der Ausruf in Hamburg (Hamburg, 1808), [English title: The cries of Hamburg], a collection of illustrations compiled by German artist, Christoffer Suhr (1771-1842).
Captioned: ‘Elecktrisiren fur 1 schilling’ [‘Electricity for 1 shilling’].
Plate 13 from Der Ausruf in Hamburg (Hamburg, 1808), [English title: The cries of Hamburg], a collection of illustrations compiled by German artist, Christoffer Suhr (1771-1842).
Object history
Purchased by the Royal Society, 2019.
Associated place